I am assuming you have a 21.5 iMac and not an 11.5. The problem here is ram 2GB isn't enough really. All modern iMacs have a ram hatch on the back you can get to by removing two screws on the back. I'd suggest figureing out which model you have (can be found in about this mac) and using a site like OWC or Crucial to figure out how much ram that model maxes out at and do just that. If you aren't using DSP cards for plug ins, the most amount of RAM you can throw at the system the better off you will be. I myself am running a 2011 27" iMac with lion and i can tell you that its definately desktop calibier parts in there. In fact as teh iMacs has become increasingly more powerful its teh reason the mac pros haven't gotten such radical updates in a while. If memory serves correct you have some DSP cards from UA i believe. I'd suggest looking into one of those expansion chasis that hold desktop cards and connect via thunderbold or firewire, then you could offload some of that processing as well.
On 2/13/13, Poppa Bear <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an 11.5 Imac, quad core, 2GB ram running lion and PT 8.4. Now that I > am activly using waves with some other plugins I am experiencing buffer bugs > and CPU issues. Is anyone else using an Imac and if so, are there any tips > to help stream line the way PT functions in it? Also I was talking to a > friend yesterday and he was telling me that an Imac was more or less a > highbread laptop and further away from the desktop family, does anyone have > thoughts on that statement? I am asking because I feel like I should be able > to put a heavier load on it. The load I can put on my desktop PC is > hurckilian compared to my Imac at this point. > Nate Kile, Cross Road Recording Studios, specializing in Mixing, Mastering > and all your audio needs. www.crossroadrecording.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
